Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient With Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Interstitial Pneumonia

Kazuyuki Daitoku; Ikuo Fukuda; Rieko Kitagawa; Masahito Minakawa; Yasuyuki Suzuki; Kozo Fukui

doi:10.1253/circj.71.1826

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Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient With Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Interstitial Pneumonia

Kazuyuki Daitoku, Ikuo Fukuda, Rieko Kitagawa, Masahito Minakawa, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kozo Fukui

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Keywords: Aortic valve replacement, Interstitial pneumonia, Myelodysplastic syndrome

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2007 Volume 71 Issue 11 Pages 1826-1828

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.71.1826

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Abstract

There are a few reports of cardiac surgery in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). It is difficult to control bleeding and prevent infection in the presence of pancytopenia. Interstitial pneumonia, which is treated by steroid medication, is also a risk factor in cardiac surgery. Aortic valve replacement was successfully performed in a patient with severe thrombocytopenia associated with MDS, interstitial pneumonia and scleroderma. (Circ J 2007; 71: 1826 - 1828)

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